YTC#1 wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:01:09 -0600, Mark Olson wrote:
>
>> Ace wrote:
>>> On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:15:00 +0000, YTC#1 <bdp-(E-Mail Removed)>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:15:13 +0100, Ace wrote:
>>>
>>>>> So what's your objection to jump-starting it then?
>>>> Shifting the car, moving it out the garage, arsing around and then
>>>> worry that someone will have the bright idea of turning the car
>>>> motor on.
>>>
>>> Eh? I've always considered that having the donor vehicle's engine
>>> running was a prerequisite.
>>
>> No no no- 'car volts' are bigger than 'bike volts' and will
>> instantly fry your precious bike's electrickery gubbins.
>
> Which is what I am also led to believe, and I don't want to test the
> theory.

Then there are Truck Volts and Bike Volts ;o\

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Hog

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:58:21 -0000, "'Hog"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:


>
>Then there are Truck Volts and Bike Volts ;o\

Only for the less discerning.
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members. Groucho Marx

YTC#1 <bdp-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >
> > No no no- 'car volts' are bigger than 'bike volts' and will instantly fry
> > your precious bike's electrickery gubbins.
>
> Which is what I am also led to believe, and I don't want to test the
> theory.

Is that a whoosh or are you being _really_ thick ?
12 volts is 12 volts YTC.

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76 Honda 400/4 project
68 Bantam D14/4 Sport (Classic)
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On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:03:17 +0000 (UTC) in uk.rec.motorcycles,
(E-Mail Removed) says:

>YTC#1 <bdp-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> >
>> > No no no- 'car volts' are bigger than 'bike volts' and will instantly fry
>> > your precious bike's electrickery gubbins.
>>
>> Which is what I am also led to believe, and I don't want to test the
>> theory.
>
>Is that a whoosh or are you being _really_ thick ?
>12 volts is 12 volts YTC.

I admire the dedication to requalifying at every opportunity.

--
Ian
"Bother!" cried Pooh, after he spoke the Lords name backwards

Champ wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:51:46 +0000, YTC#1 <bdp-(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>>>>> So what's your objection to jump-starting it then?
>
>>>>> Shifting the car, moving it out the garage, arsing around and then
>>>>> worry that someone will have the bright idea of turning the car
>>>>> motor on.
>
>>>> Eh? I've always considered that having the donor vehicle's engine
>>>> running was a prerequisite.
>>>
>>> No no no- 'car volts' are bigger than 'bike volts' and will
>>> instantly fry your precious bike's electrickery gubbins.
>
>> Which is what I am also led to believe, and I don't want to test the
>> theory.
>
> Are you for real?
>
> A volt is a volt. An amp is an amp.

Yeah but you can have too many Volts.....

--
Hog

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:12:47 +0000, boots wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:03:17 +0000 (UTC) in uk.rec.motorcycles,
> (E-Mail Removed) says:
>
>>YTC#1 <bdp-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > No no no- 'car volts' are bigger than 'bike volts' and will instantly
>>> > fry your precious bike's electrickery gubbins.
>>>
>>> Which is what I am also led to believe, and I don't want to test the
>>> theory.
>>
>>Is that a whoosh or are you being _really_ thick ? 12 volts is 12 volts
>>YTC.
>
> I admire the dedication to requalifying at every opportunity.

A missread, I'll rewind.

As a car battery it is fine and hunky dory to link up and use.

Now this bit may be an urban myth.
---8<snip
A car charging system is more likely to pump a greater kick through the
system, which a bike system may well not be happy to take.
---8< snip

I for one would prefer not to test that theory, it could be that it just
relates to 6v V 12v systems.


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On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:51:46 GMT, YTC#1 wrote:

> On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:01:09 -0600, Mark Olson wrote:
>
>> Ace wrote:
>>> On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:15:00 +0000, YTC#1 <bdp-(E-Mail Removed)>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:15:13 +0100, Ace wrote:
>>>
>>>>> So what's your objection to jump-starting it then?
>>>> Shifting the car, moving it out the garage, arsing around and then
>>>> worry that someone will have the bright idea of turning the car
>>>> motor on.
>>>
>>> Eh? I've always considered that having the donor vehicle's engine
>>> running was a prerequisite.
>>
>> No no no- 'car volts' are bigger than 'bike volts' and will instantly
>> fry your precious bike's electrickery gubbins.
>
> Which is what I am also led to believe, and I don't want to test the
> theory.

Simply born from the occasions where the bike has a 6V battery. If both
are 12V, then there's no problem. I've jumped my bikes enough times from
cars to know the battery doesn't fry.

Champ wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:51:46 +0000, YTC#1 <bdp-(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>>>>> So what's your objection to jump-starting it then?
>
>>>>> Shifting the car, moving it out the garage, arsing around and then
>>>>> worry that someone will have the bright idea of turning the car motor
>>>>> on.
>
>>>> Eh? I've always considered that having the donor vehicle's engine
>>>> running was a prerequisite.
>>>
>>> No no no- 'car volts' are bigger than 'bike volts' and will instantly
>>> fry
>>> your precious bike's electrickery gubbins.
>
>> Which is what I am also led to believe, and I don't want to test the
>> theory.
>
> Are you for real?
>
> A volt is a volt. An amp is an amp.

I can only tink they are trying to whoosh & have whoosheed themselves.

--


Nige,

Land Rover 90
Yamaha R1
Range Rover Vogue

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:39:07 +0000, Switters wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:51:46 GMT, YTC#1 wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:01:09 -0600, Mark Olson wrote:
>>
>>> Ace wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:15:00 +0000, YTC#1 <bdp-(E-Mail Removed)>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:15:13 +0100, Ace wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> So what's your objection to jump-starting it then?
>>>>> Shifting the car, moving it out the garage, arsing around and then
>>>>> worry that someone will have the bright idea of turning the car motor
>>>>> on.
>>>>
>>>> Eh? I've always considered that having the donor vehicle's engine
>>>> running was a prerequisite.
>>>
>>> No no no- 'car volts' are bigger than 'bike volts' and will instantly
>>> fry your precious bike's electrickery gubbins.
>>
>> Which is what I am also led to believe, and I don't want to test the
>> theory.
>
> Simply born from the occasions where the bike has a 6V battery. If both
> are 12V, then there's no problem. I've jumped my bikes enough times from
> cars to know the battery doesn't fry.

Its not the battery that I thought was the issue, but the reg/recs etc.


--
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XJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX250, Pegaso 650 Trail
POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8
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On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:00:13 -0600, Mark Olson wrote:

> YTC#1 wrote:
>> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:12:47 +0000, boots wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:03:17 +0000 (UTC) in uk.rec.motorcycles,
>>> (E-Mail Removed) says:
>>>
>>>> YTC#1 <bdp-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>>>> No no no- 'car volts' are bigger than 'bike volts' and will
>>>>>> instantly fry your precious bike's electrickery gubbins.
>>>>> Which is what I am also led to believe, and I don't want to test the
>>>>> theory.
>>>> Is that a whoosh or are you being _really_ thick ? 12 volts is 12
>>>> volts YTC.
>>> I admire the dedication to requalifying at every opportunity.
>>
>> A missread, I'll rewind.
>>
>> As a car battery it is fine and hunky dory to link up and use.
>>
>> Now this bit may be an urban myth.
>> ---8<snip
>> A car charging system is more likely to pump a greater kick through the
>> system, which a bike system may well not be happy to take. ---8< snip
>>
>> I for one would prefer not to test that theory, it could be that it
>> just relates to 6v V 12v systems.
>
> If the car's alternator is not overcharging, there will be no permanent
> effect whatsoever on the bike's electrical system. If the car is putting
> out excess voltage it *could* damage a primitive zener diode regulator on

^^^^ This could be when my memory of issues goes back to ^^^^^^ :-)

> an old SOBB, but modern bike shunt alternators are pretty much immune to
> this hazard.

--
Bruce Porter
XJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX250, Pegaso 650 Trail
POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8
"The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly"
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